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sicke

sicke is the obsolete spelling of sick.

Meaning of sick

Adjective

sick (comparative sicker, superlative sickest)

  1. In poor health; ill.
    • We have to care for the sick.
    Antonyms:
    fit, healthy, well
    1. [with with] Afflicted by (a specific condition, usually medical).
      • She was sick all day with the flu.
  2. Having an urge to vomit.
    • My daughter was violently sick three times in the night.
  3. (colloquial) Mentally unstable, disturbed.
    • You sick bastard!
  4. (colloquial) In bad taste.
    • That’s a sick joke.
  5. [with of] Tired of or annoyed by (something that has lasted a long time or often recurs).
    • sick and tired of the whining—sick of waiting—'sick of politics

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Questions about sicke

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Sicke is the obsolete spelling of sick.

Words near sicke in the dictionary

  1. sickbags
  2. sickbay
  3. sickbays
  4. sickbed
  5. sickbeds
  6. sicke
  7. sicked
  8. sicked up
  9. sickee
  10. sickees
  11. Sickelmore

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